Top 10 safest airlines of 2025 revealed. 2 Indian companies make it to low-cost list

Indian Express

15-06-2025

Air travel is one of the most significant modes of transportation for global connectivity, considering its ability to cover longer distances in shorter durations, facilitating tourism and trade.
With factors like luxury and comfort playing a crucial role in ensuring a great flight experience for passengers, safety is paramount and the airline carrier's topmost responsibility.
Full-service airlines are assessed every year on factors such as serious incidents over the past two years, fleet age, fleet size, rate of incidents, fatalities, profitability, IOSA certification, ICAO country audit pass and pilot skill and training.
AirlineRatings.com has released its list of Top 25 Safest Full-Service Airlines and Top 25 Safest Full-Service Airlines for 2025 out of the 385 airlines it monitors.
Here are the top 10 safest full-service airlines for 2025:
📌 Air New Zealand
📌 Qantas
📌 Cathay Pacific; Qatar Airways; Emirates
📌 Virgin Australia
📌 Etihad Airways
📌 ANA
📌 EVA Air
📌 Korean Air
📌 Alaska Airlines
📌 Turkish Airlines (THY)
The ones following the top 10 are: TAP Portugal, Hawaiian Airlines, American Airlines, SAS, British Airways, Iberia, Finnair, Lufthansa/Swiss, JAL, Air Canada, Delta Airlines, Vietnam Airlines and United Airlines.
AirlineRatings.com CEO Sharon Petersen said that the competition for the top spot was very close between Air New Zealand and Qantas, with only 1.50 points separating the two airlines.
'It was extremely close again between Air New Zealand and Qantas for first place, with only 1.50 points separating the two airlines. Whilst both airlines uphold the highest safety standards and pilot training, Air New Zealand continue to have a younger fleet than Qantas, which separates the two,' Petersen said.
'The three-way tie for third place was because we simply could not separate these airlines. From fleet age to pilot skill, safety practices, fleet size, and number of incidents, their scores were identical,' she added.
AirlineRatings.com also revealed the top 25 safest low-cost airlines for 2025. Two Indian airlines, IndiGo and Air Asia, feature on the list.
📌 HK Express
📌 Jetstar Group
📌 Ryanair
📌 easyJet
📌 Frontier Airlines
📌 AirAsia
📌 Wizz Air
📌 VietJet Air
📌 Southwest Airlines
📌 Volaris
📌 flydubai
📌 Norwegian
📌 Vueling
📌 Jet2
📌 Sun Country Airlines
📌 WestJet
📌 JetBlue Airways
📌 Air Arabia
📌 IndiGo
📌 Eurowings
📌 Allegiant Air
📌 Cebu Pacific
📌 ZipAir
📌 SKY Airline
📌Air Baltic
Some notable changes in the 2025 list, compared to last year's rankings, include Iberia and Vietnam Airlines making their debut in the top 25 and Korean Air scaling to the top 10.
However, Singapore Airlines and KLM couldn't make it to the list this year.